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23 mar 2018 · With Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards, Eric Holder. According to Washington Post columnist and best-selling author John Feinstein, "What Perry Wallace accomplished in breaking the color line in the SEC is one of the great untold stories of the last 50 years."
- Rich Gentile, Rich Gentile
- 2018-03-23
- Documentary, Biography, Family
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace. Perry Wallace becomes the first African-American college student to play basketball in the segregated Southeastern Conference in the 1960s.
- Rich Gentile
- Documentary
23 mar 2018 · Perry Wallace's untold story provides a fresh lens on the dramatic struggle for racial equality in a hotbed of hostility during one of America's most turbulent decades. His personal courage and sacrifice changed not only the SEC, but the entire South.
- Rich Gentile
- Perry Wallace
A major documentary film narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, "Triumph" tells the story of Perry Wallace, the first African American to play bas...
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- Vanderbilt University
30 gen 2019 · Latest Stories. Jan 30, 2019, 9:56 AM. Perry Wallace (Vanderbilt University) Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace, the documentary that tells the story of the first African American varsity basketball player in the SEC, is now available for educational screenings.
23 mar 2018 · Overview. Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The university also commissioned a documentary film, Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace , which premiered on campus Dec. 4, 2017. Triumph is now available for educational screenings. Together, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Dillard forever changed Vanderbilt, the SEC and our nation. Perry Wallace passed away on December 2, 2017.
